The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volumul 4A. Constable & Company, 1821 Contains the proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Wernerian Natural History Society, etc. |
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Pagina 12
... probably have disgusted many of them : but they gave themselves up with eagerness to this mineralogy , which seemed to put into their hands the key of Nature : and although , as the result of the analysis , there might only remain to ...
... probably have disgusted many of them : but they gave themselves up with eagerness to this mineralogy , which seemed to put into their hands the key of Nature : and although , as the result of the analysis , there might only remain to ...
Pagina 38
... probably have not exhaust- ed all his stock of information ; we conceived that the cause of truth would be best served , by chiefly contenting ourselves with what he spontaneously uttered . This account might have appeared more ...
... probably have not exhaust- ed all his stock of information ; we conceived that the cause of truth would be best served , by chiefly contenting ourselves with what he spontaneously uttered . This account might have appeared more ...
Pagina 43
... evidently an Antelope , and probably a new species . It has some affinity to the Antilope oryx . + Perhaps a bustard . + Lichens . on throwing it on the fire at night , it among the Arabs of the Great African Desert . 43.
... evidently an Antelope , and probably a new species . It has some affinity to the Antilope oryx . + Perhaps a bustard . + Lichens . on throwing it on the fire at night , it among the Arabs of the Great African Desert . 43.
Pagina 50
... probably slaves brought from a dis- tance . § Chinney is the vulgar name for archil , - -a substance prepared chiefly from Lichen Roccella . winding path ( which tended southward , ) until about 50 Account of ALEXANDER SCOTT's Captivity.
... probably slaves brought from a dis- tance . § Chinney is the vulgar name for archil , - -a substance prepared chiefly from Lichen Roccella . winding path ( which tended southward , ) until about 50 Account of ALEXANDER SCOTT's Captivity.
Pagina 52
... probably consulted . That is towards Mecca . + These words are put down as nearly as possible , according to his manner of pronouncing them , as are the proper names which occur in the narrative . Compare this sentence with Ali Bey's ...
... probably consulted . That is towards Mecca . + These words are put down as nearly as possible , according to his manner of pronouncing them , as are the proper names which occur in the narrative . Compare this sentence with Ali Bey's ...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volumul 5 Vizualizare completă - 1821 |
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Amarapura angle animal animalcules Apophyllite apparatus appears Arabs atmosphere axis basalt camels Cape Antonio Captain carbonic acid chert clay coast colour conjunction calculated containing crystal direction distance double refraction Dr Brewster earth east effect electricity Erawadi experiments feet felspar flame Flintshire fluid granite heat hills hive inches iron Irthington island isothermal isothermal lines journey land latitude light limestone magnesia magnetic manner mean temperature Melville Island miles mineralogy minerals month Morning mountains Mranmas natural history needle Noon observed oxygen parallel passing perpendicular phosphorescence piezometer plane plate pole position produced Puy de Dôme quantity rays remarkable river rocks Scott shew side species specific gravity stone summer summit supposed surface Temp tion trachyte tube uniting wire unusual refraction valley variation vegetable veins winter
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Pagina 72 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Pagina 220 - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again.
Pagina 163 - The suddenness of the transition/ writes Wollaston, ' from perfect hearing to total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprise which renders an experiment of this kind with a series of small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested by various individuals of the party in succession, as the sounds approach and pass the limits of their hearing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph are often compelled...
Pagina 220 - ... me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the faint light given by the candles or torches for want of air, the different objects that surrounded me, seeming to converse with each other, and the Arabs with the candles or torches in their hands, naked and covered with dust, themselves resembling living mummies, absolutely formed a scene that cannot be described.
Pagina 113 - ... animalcules. Hence, reckoning sixty drops to a dram, there would be a number in a gallon of water exceeding, by onehalf, the...
Pagina 362 - Iron is rendered magnetical if scoured or filed, bent or twisted, when in the position of the magnetic axis, or near this position ; the upper end becoming a south pole, and the lower end a north pole...
Pagina 221 - It was* choked with mummies, and I could not pass without putting my face in contact with that of some decayed Egyptian ; but as the passage inclined downwards, my own weight helped me on: however, I could not avoid being covered with bones, legs, arms, and heads, rolling from above.
Pagina 129 - To explain the unusual refraction of island crystal by pression or motion propagated has not hitherto been attempted (to my knowledge) except by Huygens, who for that end supposed two several vibrating mediums within that crystal. But when he tried the refractions in two successive pieces of that crystal and found them such as is mentioned above, he confessed himself at a loss for explaining them.
Pagina 128 - Every ray of light has therefore two opposite sides originally endued with a property on which the unusual refraction depends, and the other two opposite sides not endued with that property.